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A Thanksgiving Tale-The Banquet Parable
By Doris | November 23, 2009
By Flo Mauri, Thinking Well Consulting
“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either – but right through every human heart. ~Alexander Solzhenitsyn
I heard this story over 30 years ago and never forgot it.
A banquet is being held in the neighborhood of heaven, while a similar banquet is being held in the vicinity of hell. Each long table is covered in white damask table clothes. There is an abundance of roasts, casseroles, soups, spreads, a variety of fish, crustaceans, delectable grilled, sautéed, and dressed vegetables with scrumptious international foods and pastries to put a French patisserie to shame.
In each banquet hall, there are 24 seats at the table, 12 on each side so that guests are facing each other. All the guests, both in heaven and in hell, unfortunately have their arms in casts (from their shoulders to their wrists), and positioned in such a way as to have their arms extended out in front of them.
The guests in hell are really miserable. They can reach for the food, but they cannot bend their arms to reach their mouths. They couldn’t be more wretched. They just sit there looking at all the delectable food and starve.
The guests in heaven also have casts on their arms, but they figured out that while they can’t feed themselves, they can feed someone else and that someone else can feed them. They all have a good old time feeding each other enjoying the great abundance of food.
So, the question is, in which one of the above zip codes are you living? Are you a Bedford Falls resident or do you live in Pottersville?
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November 24th, 2009 at 4:01 am
I do so love this parable Flo shared. It is so consistent with what we’ve been talking about in the New Coach Virtual Chapter of IAC and in the recent article, “Coaches Collaborate for Continuous Success.” Flo’s great article made me want to remind all of us coaches: How successfully have we moved beyond the old paradigms of fear and competition and into the new paradigm of truly comprehending there is infinite abundance available to ALL of us? Thank you to Flo and to so many coaches who are part of the New Coach Virtual Chapter. You understand . . . and you walk your talk . . . about knowing there is abundance for everyone.